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Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photography

6th September 2019 | 10:00AM | Crewkerne Salerooms

Lot 296

Dickens, Charles. [Christmas Books] The Chimes: A Goblin Story, first edition, first issue, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth, first edition, 1846; The Battle of Life: A Love Story, first edition, later issue, frontispiece and additional title hand-coloured, tissue guard, 1846; The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain, first edition,1848, all with half-titles, illustrations, occasional spotting, original cloth gilt, corners bumped, the last volume with spine chipped, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: Bradbury and Evans, 8vo (4)

£400 - £600
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